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Fiction

raccoon

(31,454 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:39 PM Apr 2013

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Books where whatever the protagonist was worried about turned out to be nothing at all. SPOILER

Arggh! I heard this once referred to as a "banging shutter" story (scary sounds in a haunted house turn out to be no more than a banging shutter). Anyone knows of another term for it, please post.

I finished a book recently that turned out like that. It was by one of my favorite authors, too.
However, the book was published when she was just starting out, and she has improved remarkably.

The book was VANITY DIES HARD, by Ruth Rendell. Published 1966. She's written some good stuff since, but this book sucks.

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Books where whatever the protagonist was worried about turned out to be nothing at all. SPOILER (Original Post) raccoon Apr 2013 OP

She's written some truly creepy books Mz Pip Apr 2013 #1

GOING WRONG is one of my favorite books, and LIVE FLESH was good too. raccoon Apr 2013 #2

Mz Pip

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1. She's written some truly creepy books

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:57 PM

Apr 2013

I haven't read her in a while but have watched a few of the dramatizations on Netflix. They are pretty good.

raccoon

(31,454 posts)

2. GOING WRONG is one of my favorite books, and LIVE FLESH was good too.

Reply to Mz Pip (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 05:46 PM

Apr 2013

And I like her Inspector Wexford books as well.

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